1.   The chief agent asked Grunte whether he was prepared to vouch for a Mr David Swan, who claimed to be a member of his local Party.

2.   An hour later, said Bob, an agent called asking if he wanted to buy a Derby horse.

3.   Anticipating that problem, the agents asked some defendants to send payments to offshore bank accounts in order to elude detection.

4.   As one professor remembers it, the agents did not ask a lot of questions about Marx or Lenin or neo-Nazis.

5.   At the end of six hours, the agents asked Hazmi to step outside.

6.   Because border agents may ask for proof of citizenship, it is wise to bring a passport or birth certificate.

7.   Bell said federal agents have not asked to question Daniel Rudolph or his family, but their surveillance has been obvious.

8.   Boim and other security experts singled out the three perfunctory questions about luggage that gate agents ask all departing passengers as an example of lax security.

9.   A group representing U.S. travel agents is asking airlines not to raise fares again if the tax is renewed.

10.   A literary agent asked Francis to write his autobiography.